After all, what is normal? This book highlights how it’s a very rare occurrence for people to openly admit to how they’re actually feeling often not because they do not want to, but because they do not even realise why themselves. I think it stems from my inner motivation to feel that I am actually normal for having the thoughts that I do I suppose why I have this motivation is a more interesting question. I always find it quite fascinating to read a first person narrative of a person’s own life and their psychological functioning across time particularly when they are trained in psychiatry or psychotherapy. In fact, I recommend it so highly that I have already lent my copy to a friend.
I think it is particularly relevant to professionals and those trying to maintain or reclaim the functioning of their lives. I can also recommend it if you have a personal experience of depression and are struggling to understand it, or are already on that journey. I highly recommend The Other Side of Silence if you want a real account and contemporary understanding of depression, particularly with the supporting knowledge of a medical perspective.
She shares encounters from both sides of the table - her own work with patients and her own experiences of being tended to by professionals. Linda's narrative moves effortlessly from a psychiatrist's analysis to a patient's point of view. The reader is left in no doubt that they are in the hands of a doctor, a professional with clinical expertise on this subject. However, she also retains the perspective of the psychiatrist.
We see up-close and personal the effect it has on Linda's life and the course it takes. It looks at depression not as a disease of neurotransmitters and recovery models and care programme approaches, but as an experience that happens to people and affects their lives. What I love about The Other Side of Silence is that it sets aside the traditional, medical model of psychiatry and instead embraces a whole-person, holistic approach to the illness.
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